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Maloney takes stand in own defense

Jurors in Seminole County saw David Maloney up close on Tuesday as attorneys question him involving the shooting between two rival biker groups.

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Updated: 12:45 PM EDT Apr 8, 2014

Maloney takes stand in own defense

Jurors in Seminole County saw David Maloney up close on Tuesday as attorneys question him involving the shooting between two rival biker groups.

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Updated: 12:45 PM EDT Apr 8, 2014

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WEBVTT MAN'S DEATH. A REWARD UP TO $5,000 IS BEING OFFERED. A MAN ACCUSED OF TWO COUNTS OF MURDER AND TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER IS ON THE STAND IN A SEMINOLE COUNTY COURTROOM. THREE MEN WERE KILLED AND FOUR MEN ARRESTED AFTER A SEPTEMBER 2012 SHOOTOUT BETWEEN RIVAL BIKER CLUBS. HERE'S MORE FROM SANFORD. THE ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN ARGUING SELF-DEFENSE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS CASE, SAYING ANY SHOTS FIRED AT THAT V.F.W. IN WINTER SPRINGS. THE JURY HEARD FROM THE ACCUSED HIMSELF TODAY. JUST AS I GOT TO THE STORE, I HEARD ONE OR TWO ROUNDS GO OFF. DAVID MALONEY, IN HIS WORDS AS THE JURY SAW THE GUN HE CARRIES FOR PROTECTION. THREE MEN WERE SHOT AND KILLED, ALL FLORIDA WARLOCKS. FOUR OF MALONEY'S GROUP, THE PHILLY WARLOCKS, STAND ACCUSED. MALONEY SPOKE OF THE THREAT ON HIS LIFE AND HOW HIS HOUSE WAS SHOT UP AND WHY HE OFTEN WORE A BULLETPROOF VEST. HE SAID HE WAS NOT THE AGGRESSOR. DID YOU THINK HE WAS TRYING TO KILL YOU? DEFINITELY HE WAS TRYING TO KILL ME. THAT ROUND OR TWO ROUNDS, FOR ANY OTHER REASON, WAS TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF YOURSELF AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE WITH YOU? IT WAS ALL IN SELF-DEFENSE. AGAIN, ONCE THAT WRAPPED UP WITH THE DEFENSE, THE STATE STARTED TO CROSS-EXAMINE DAVID MALONEY. THE STATE'S THEORY IN THIS CASE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IT'S AN AMBUSH AND THAT DAVID MALONEY WAS A FLORIDA WARLOCK AND HE LEFT THAT GROUP AND THERE WAS BAD BLOOD EVER SINCE. THE DEFENSE HAS SAID THERE WAS A HIT OUT FOR DAVID MALONEY, AND THAT HE KNEW IT AND THAT'S WHY HE WAS ALWAYS CARRYING GUNS WITH HIM FOR HIS PROTECTION. THE DEFENSE IS ARGUING SELF-DEFENSE. WE EXPECT THEY'LL ARGUE TO THE

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Maloney takes stand in own defense

Jurors in Seminole County saw David Maloney up close on Tuesday as attorneys question him involving the shooting between two rival biker groups.